The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment recorded asmall lift over November. But sentiment remains fragile and is mired innegative territory. The headline index stood at 96.6 in November (a levelbelow 100 means that the number of optimists outweighs the number ofpessimists). Consumer sentiment has been anchored in the pessimistic zonefor the past nine months.
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